Gramophone-record holder.



W. J. SHARPLES.

GRAMOPHONE RECORD HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED DEc. II. I9I6.

1,229,333@ Patented J une 12, 1917.

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TATEs i GRAMOPHONE-RECORD HOLDER.

Application led December 11, 1916.

To all 'Lo/0m t may concern:

. Be it known that I, WILLIAM JnMsoN Sr-ninrnns, subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at 4:74 Aberdeen road, Gisborne, New Zealand, have invented a new and useful improved GramophoneRecord Holder; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

This invention relates to an improved construction of holder for storing the disk records of gramophones and other like machines, that has been devised in order to provide for any desired number of the records being stored in a neat manner within a small compass and so that any particular record may be quickly found and removed for use. The holder is so designed that it may form part of an inclosed cabinet, or may stand on a shelf or other liXture.

According hereto the holder is formed by a shelf upon which the disk edge is adapted to rest, and side supports formeel by flexible cords or wires extending rearward and upward from the front edge of the shelf to above the back of it and then forward and upward to the front edge of a top board arranged at a height above the shelf such as to allow for the disks passing edge-on between them. The shelf has its surface sloping downward to its rear end, so that when a disk `is placed upon it, the disk will roll to the back of the holder and will be normally retained in position. The flexible cords or wires are spaced at the proper distances apart to permit of the disks lying between them and, they will by reason of their rearward and forward inclinations, serve to hold the disks upright and at the same time from coming into surface contact with one another.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a front elevation, and

Fig. 2 a cross sectional elevation of a holder constructed in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 3 is a front elevation, and

Fig. l a cross sectional elevation, on an enlargedl scale, of suitable means for connecting the cords or wires respectively with the shelf and top board of the holder.

Fig. 5 is a back elevation, on an enlarged scale, of the rea-r bar around which the cords or wires are passed.

lin the drawings a holder formed of a sin- Speccatcn of Letters Patent.

Patented June 12, 1917. serial No. 136,213. Y

its back end; a top board B arranged at a height above the shelf suflicient to allow of a disk record being passed between them while held vertically; a rear bar C arranged to extend horizontally along the back of the holder and situated in height about midway between the shelf and the top board, and series of cords or wires D that are arranged to extend from the front edge of the shelf A, rearward around the bar C and then forward to the front edge of the top board B. These cords or wires are arranged in parallel lines extending uniformly at right angles with the front edges of the holder and are arranged at sufficient distances apart to permit ofdisk records being inserted edge-on between the several cords or wires. The rear bar C is arranged a sufficient distance from the front edge of the holder to allow of the records being completely housed within the holder and its back surface is rounded and formed with grooves c (Fig- 5) to receive and properly space the cords or wires.

A record thus placed within the holder will by reason of the rearward downward inclination of the shelf A, roll to the back of the holder and will remain there with its edge resting against the bar C. It will be retained in a vertical position by the cords or wires D between which it is inserted, and which pass across its faces at tangents in the manner shown-in Fig. 2, where E represents the record disk. The cords orwires also serve to divide each disk from contact with those on both sides of it.

The front face of the bar C may, if desired, be padded to prevent any damage to the records as they roll back into the holder.

The approved manner of constructing the holder consists in forming all the divisions from a single length of cord or wire, in order that each section may be properly tautened with a minimum of trouble, and also that the whole holder may be made quickly and eco nomically. With such a construction special means have been devised'forl attaching the cord respectively to the shelf and top board, such means consisting in a metal bar F that is secured along the front edge of such shelf or top board, as the case may be, and which bar is formed with a number of teeth G (Figs. 3 and 4) extending laterally from its outer edge, Vspaced apart the requisite distances to raccord with the spaces between the different divisions of the holder. In forming the holder, the one end of the cord or wire is made fast to one end of the top board. The cord or wire is then passed around the first tooth of the bar F, down across the face of the bar, then is carried rearward and around the first groove c in the rear bar C and then forward and around the first tooth of the bar F on the front of the shelf, again back around the secondr groove in the rear bar C and forward and around the second tooth of the top bar F, andrso on continuously to the other end of the holder, where its other end is made fast. The cord or wire is drawn taut as it passes around each tooth Gr, which is bent out to allow of the cord or wire passing behind it, and after this it is bent inward so as to Clench the cord or wire and hold it firmlyv against any loosening. The teeth of the upper bar F will be interme- 'dially spaced with those of the lower bar, as shown in Fig. 1 in order that the cord or wire may run from one to the other in true parallel lines.

Each division of the holder may be numbered by numbers arranged along theedge of the shelf A and thereby to provide for the proper indexing or eataloguing of the rec# ords stored within the holder.

It will be apparent that when the holder Copies of this patent may be obtained for is made with two or more tiers, the top board of each tier may form the shelf of the one above it, being given the rearward downward inclination of the shelf.

' I claim 1. A gramophone disk record holder constructed of a rearwardly and downwardly sloping shelf, a top board arranged at a distance above such shelf,-a bar liXed about medially between the shelf and top board at the rear of the holder and cords or wires es tending in parallel lines from the front edge of the shelf around the said bar, and forward to the front edge of the top board, substantially as specified.

a 2. A gramophone disk record holder constructed with a bottom shelf,A a top board arranged at a distance above such shelf, a bar fixed medially between the shelf and top yboard and at the rear of the holder, metal bars vsecured respectively along the front edges of the said shelf and top board and each formed with teeth projecting laterally from its outer edge and spaced at regular intervals apart and a cord or wire extending from the front of the top board rearward around ,the rear bar and then forward to the front of the shelf and looped around the teeth of the respective bars upon the fronts of the said top board and shelf, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

VILLIAM JEMSON SHARPLES. lVitnesses:

W. ALEXANDER, vM.A E. BROWN.

Vfive cents each, by arl-dressing the "Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

